Structural insight into the stabilization of microtubules by taxanes
A. E. Prota, D. Lucena-Agell, Y. Ma, J. Estevez-Gallego, S. Li, K. Bargsten, F. Josa-Prado, J. M. Andreu, K.-H. Altmann, N. Gaillard, S. Kamimura, T. Muehlethaler, M. A. Oliva, M. O. Steinmetz, W.-S. Fang, J. F. Diaz
This study determines the crystal structures of taxane-tubulin complexes and uses simulations to elucidate how taxanes stabilize microtubules through conformational changes and ligand binding.
bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2021Biophysics